- Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo lakhala likuphunzitsa oyendetsa ndege ku Death Valley National Park kuyambira m'ma 1930.
- Kuwonongeka kwa ndegeyi kunachitika cha m'ma 3 koloko masana pa October 4 ndipo inali ya Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9.
- Ndege yamtundu womwewo - ndege yankhondo ya F/A-18F - idagwa ku Death Valley mu 2019 mdera lotchedwa Star Wars Canyon.
Aka ndi nthawi yachiwiri kuti ndege yankhondo yaku US Navy yagwa mu Death Valley National Park mzaka zitatu zapitazi. Nthawi zambiri maulendo apandege ophunzitsira usilikali saloledwa m'malo osungiramo nyama, komabe, gawo ili la Death Valley komwe ngozi zaposachedwa lidasankhidwa mwapadera ngati malo awo pomwe a Congress adawonjezera malowa zaka 3 zapitazo. Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo lakhala likuphunzitsa oyendetsa ndege pano kuyambira 27s.
Kuwonongeka kwa ndege yankhondo kunachitika cha m'ma 3 koloko masana pa October 4 ndipo inali ya Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9. Mwamwayi, woyendetsa ndegeyo adatha kutulutsa bwino ndipo adachiritsidwa kuvulala kochepa kuchipatala ku Las Vegas ndipo kumasulidwa.
Mu 2019, ndege yomweyo, F/A-18F Super Hornet, inagwera ku Rainbow Canyon, yomwe imatchedwanso Star Wars Canyon, kumadzulo kwa paki yotchedwa Father Crowly Vista Point. Tsoka ilo, ngoziyi inapha Lt. Charles Z. Walker ndipo inavulaza anthu angapo.
Makoma a Star Wars Canyon amapangidwa ndi miyala ya miyala ya metamorphosed Paleozoic ndi miyala ina ya pyroclastic. Kuphatikiza kwa miyala iyi kunapanga makoma ofiira, otuwa, ndi apinki ofanana ndi dziko lopeka la Star Wars Tatooine, chifukwa chake adatchulidwa.
Ndi malo otchuka kuti owonera ndege azitha kukwera ndege zankhondo zaku US zomwe zikuchita zophunzitsira zowuluka pang'onopang'ono pamene zikuwuluka m'malo opapatiza a Death Valley. Palibe alendo papaki omwe adavulala pomwe ngoziyi idachitika pafupi ndi Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, yomwe ili m'malire ndi paki kumwera chakumadzulo.
Ndege zankhondo liwiro kupyola pa canyon pa 200 mpaka 300 mph ndipo pamene akuwuluka pansi mpaka 200 mapazi pamwamba pa canyon pansi, iwo akadali mazana angapo mapazi chabe pansi oonera pa mkombero. Oyang'anira ndege ali pafupi kwambiri ndi ndege moti nthawi zambiri amatha kuona nkhope ya oyendetsa ndege, omwe amakakamizika kupereka manja ndi zizindikiro kwa owonerera.